Saudi Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Challenges in managing pulmonary hypertension in the developing countries

There is scant published data about pulmonary hypertension (PH) from the developing countries. True prevalence of the disease, its biology, etiology and response to treatment are not well known, and they are likely to be somewhat different from that of the developed countries. In this review, we wil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of thoracic medicine 2014-07, Vol.9 (Suppl 1), p.S127-S130
Hauptverfasser: Bhagavatula, Sastry K S, Idrees, Majdy M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:There is scant published data about pulmonary hypertension (PH) from the developing countries. True prevalence of the disease, its biology, etiology and response to treatment are not well known, and they are likely to be somewhat different from that of the developed countries. In this review, we will discuss the main challenges for managing PH in developing countries and propose real-life recommendations to deal with such difficulties.
ISSN:1817-1737
1998-3557
DOI:10.4103/1817-1737.134059